Our

Quick meaning: Our is a determiner meaning Belonging to us, excluding the person(s) being addressed (exclusive our).

Meaning

Belonging to us, excluding the person(s) being addressed (exclusive our).

More Meanings

1. Belonging to us, including the person(s) being addressed (inclusive our).
2. Belonging to people in general.
3. (colloquial) Belonging to everyone being addressed.
4. (colloquial, uncommon) Belonging to a third person, especially someone in the speaker's care.
5. (colloquial) Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners.
6. Of, from, or belonging to any entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.
7. (colloquial, may seem patronising) Belonging to an individual being addressed; used especially of a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given.

Example Sentences

Sorry, you're not invited to our party.

As we get older, our reactions get slower.

Our safety record at ABC Widgets is very good.

In English, our nouns do not generally have gender.

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Related dictionary entries include nous, heavenly, well, mutual, local, spring.

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